Infant&#39;s crib.



' cupying TINTTE TATE PATENT @FFTGE GUSTAF EMANUEL PETTERSON AND ROBERT GILLAIVL LAWTON, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

INFANTS CRIB.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GUsrAF E. PETTER- SON andRonnR'r GpLaw'ron, both citizens of the United States, and residents of Pine Bluff, in the county of Jefferson andState of Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved Infants'Crib, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide anew and improved infants crib or bed arranged to protect the infant or child octhe bed from the attacks of mosquitos, flies and other insects, and to allow of raising'the bed within a sheltering inclosure for conveniently placing the infant or child into the bed or removing it therefrom.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a housing, a bed within the said housing, and means for raising and lowering the bed within the housing and for temporarily holding the bed when in .raised position to permit of conveniently placing the infant or child into the bed or removing it therefrom.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the crib; and Fig. 2 isav transverse section of the same.

The infants crib in its general construction consists in a housing or casing 10 within which is arranged a bed 11 for containing an infant or child. The housing 10 is in the form of a rectangular box having its bottom, sides and ends provided with screens 12, preferably of wire netting, to exclude flies, mosquitos and other insects from the interior of the housing and hence from the infant or child asleep in the bed 11. The housing 10 is preferably mounted on wheels 13 and is provided at the ends with handles 14 to permit a person to conveniently wheel the housing about and with it the bed 11 whenever it is desired to do so.

The top of the housing 10 is provided at its ends with crosspieces 15 having trans verse T-shaped slots 16 at the inner opposite edges, and the said slots 16 are engaged by correspondingly shaped trunnions 17 projecting from the ends of a cover 18 adapted to close the top'of the housing 10,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 7,1915.

Patented June 27, 1916.

Serial No. Z19,338.

as plainly shown in the drawings. The crosspieces 15 project at one end beyond the corresponding side of the housing 10, as plainly shown in Fig. 2, to permit the cover 18 to swing downward into vertical position, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, whenever it is desired to completely open the housing 10. The end of the crosspieces 15 are provided with bands 19, 20, extend ing over the ends of the slots 16 to limit the movement of the trunnions 17 in the grooves 16. The cover 18 is provided with a handle 21 for conveniently moving the cover into open or closed position, as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2, and in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The cover 18 is provided with a screen 22 of wire netting, to prevent fiies, mosquitos, and other insects from passing into the interior of the housing by way of the cover when the latter is closed. It is understood that the screens 12 and 22 admit air and light to the interior of the housing and consequently to the infant asleep in the bed 11.

The bed 11 is in the. form of a rectangular box having a bottom 23 of heavy wire netting or other material for supporting the bedclot'hes, and the bed 11 is adapted nor mally to reston the bottom of the housing 10. The ends of the bed 11 are provided with upwardly extending handle sections 2 I'connected by pivots 25 with handle sections 26 extending upwardly and slidingly engaging the crosspieces 15, the upper ends of the handle sections 26 projecting a distance above the crosspieces 15 at the time the bed 11 is at rest on the bottom of the housing 10. The upper end of the handle section 26 is provided with a handle 27 adapted to be taken hold of by the operator for lifting the handle sections 26, 24: and with them the bed 11 to move the latter into uppermost position at the time the cover 18 is in open position. VJhen the bed 11 reaches uppermost position the pivot 25 is above the top of the crosspieces 15 to permit of swinging the handle sections 26 downward into angular position relative to the handle sections 24:, the handle sections 26 then resting on the top of the crosspieces 15 to firmly support the bed 11 in uppermost raised position, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The pivots 25 are held in the sections 24 and engage slots 28 in the sections 26 (see Fig. 1) to allow of sliding the handle sections 26 slightly rearward when in folded position on the top of the crosspieces 15 to lock the handle sections 26 against accidentally swinging up into vertical position with a view to prevent sudden dropping of the bed 11. It is understood that when the bed 11 is in uppermost raised position, the infant can be readily placed in position in the bed, after which the handles 26 are swung back into vertical position to allow of lowering the bed 11 with the infant asleep therein. The cover 18 is then closed to completely shelter the infant asleep in the bed 11 against flies, mosquitos and other insects, at the same time allowing air and light to pass by way of the screens 12 and 22 into the interior of the housing. When it is desired to remove the infant from the bed the cover 18 is swung into open position,then the bed 11 is raised and locked in uppermost position, as previously explained, to allow convenient removal of the infant from the bed.

The cover 18 may be made in two parts and in this case the crosspieces 15 are extended at both ends beyond the sides ofthe housing 10 to allow the cover sections to hang down on both sides of the housing. If desired the housing may be made in knockdown style to allow of folding it into a small bundle.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An infants crib, comprising a housing having a cover adapted to be opened and closed, the sides, ends, bottom and cover being perforate for the passage of air and light, a bed within the said housing, and

handles made in hinged sections and extending upwardly from the said bed, the handles being mounted to slide in the top of the housing and the upper sections of the handles being adapted to rest on the top to hold the bed in uppermost position.

2. An i-nfants crib, comprising a housing having a cover adapted to be opened and closed, the sides, ends, bottom and cover being perforate for the passage of air and light, a bed within the said housing, grooved crosspieces held on top of the housing and on which the said-cover is mounted to slide and to swing from closed position into open folded position at one side of the housing, and handles made in hinged sections and extending upwardly from the ends of the bed, the handles slidingly engaging the said crosspieces and the upper sections of the handles being adapted to be folded upon the orosspiece to hold the bed in uppermost position.

3. Inan infants crib, a housing having its top members provided with T-shaped grooves in their opposing faces, the said members projecting beyond one side of the housing, and a cover provided with headed trunnions working in the said grooves.

41:. In an infants crib, a housing having perforated sides, ends and bottom, a perforated cover adapted to be opened and closed, a bed, and handles secured to the bed and sliding in guideways at the top of the housing and having means whereby the bed may be held in raised position after it has been raised by said handles.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscrlbing witnesses.

GUSTAF EMANUEL PETTERSON. ROBERT GILLAM LAWTON.

Witnesses:

FRANK L. OCoNNoR, WV. A. BOHNERT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patentl.

Washington, D. G." 

